The Nagasaki shipyard, which Glover founded, and Mitsubishi, with which he worked for its first 40 years, symbolise Japan’s success in adopting and taking forward modern technologies, then and now. It is to the credit of Aberdeen City Council and Mitsubishi that Glover’s home in Aberdeen is to be upgraded and promoted for visitors from Scotland and Japan, so that everyone who has an interest in the story of the Scottish samurai can see for themselves the place where he grew up.